Big name, big secret
Nosy Tarsee has a riddle for you: A prominent politician from a powerful business family with Chinese roots was born in the Philippines when both his parents…
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Nosy Tarsee has a riddle for you: A prominent politician from a powerful business family with Chinese roots was born in the Philippines when both his parents…
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Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso appealed to national leaders Monday to set aside political rivalries and find common ground to resolve the…
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How do we explain to other nationalities why our political system is this way, let alone to ourselves, who have long allowed it to happen?
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The whispers have graduated into full-blown chatter, and a recent Metro Manila sighting may have just turned speculation into something harder to dismiss.
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Democracies do not erode only when courts are abolished or Congress is shut down. They also erode when institutions remain intact but are used so selectively…
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A former government official has reinvented herself as a fierce government critic — conveniently forgetting that she was once among its biggest beneficiaries.
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The Senate should be a forum for reasoned debate, not a stage for play acting or a circus performance under a P. T. Barnum tent.
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The corrupt officials — the ‘crocs’ Barzaga calls them — have had decades to entrench themselves, gorge themselves, protect themselves, and perfect the art of…
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I must confess that at this stage, I am confused and hoping that the Supreme Court will rule on this stalemate.
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Some people have a bucket list. Trillanes has a docket list. Some are more interested in who gave Sonny batteries. That’s the real mystery.
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An overwhelming 267 lawmakers from the House of Representatives have decided to pass an Anti-Political Dynasty Bill that would limit families from concurrently…
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Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday defended his decision to leave the Senate majority bloc, saying the worsening standoff in the chamber had become…
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A legal eagle intimated to Nosy Tarsee that pressure politics, which is now directed at decimating the Senate majority, is part of the grand design to cover up…
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The political volatility currently engulfing the Senate will only worsen already fragile investor sentiment, according to Maharlika Investment Corp.…
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Rampant graft and corruption at the highest levels of our government and political leadership, all driven by greed and craving for personal gain, continue to…
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There’s a kind of ‘fear factor’ going on that appears to gain relevance only if articulated over social media platforms —be it of a fresh thought, or worse,…
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Every controversy becomes an opportunity for political positioning, and alliances are measured according to their usefulness in the next election.
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Tensions are expected to spike anew in the upper chamber as Sen. Rodante Marcoleta moved to summon former senator Antonio Trillanes IV to an inquiry into his…
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